Family recipe · Since 1970Biltong,
Biltong,
done properly.
Jan De Beer perfected our recipe in Brits, South Africa, more than fifty years ago. We still make it the same way, by hand, in Rocklea, Queensland.
55+years, same recipe
20+brands made here
HACCP& Safe Food accredited
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From Brits to
Brisbane.
What started in a family kitchen in South Africa is now a 25-strong team in a purpose-built Rocklea factory. The recipe never changed.
1970
The original recipe
Jan De Beer perfects our boerewors, biltong and droëwors in Brits, South Africa.
2003
Australia beckons
The family settles in Brisbane and opens butcher shops across Queensland.
2010
Our first factory
Capalaba opens, doubling production, and contract manufacturing begins.
2019
Rocklea, five times bigger
A custom-built factory with almost five times the floor space.
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Want to sell your own biltong? We make it for more than twenty brands across Australia. You don’t need to buy the machinery, the equipment or learn the craft. We handle recipe, production, packing and delivery.
Contract manufacturing
Your recipe, your label, made in our HACCP-accredited facility.
Custom recipe blending
Our own batching software tracks every ingredient in every batch.
Packaging & logistics
Packed to your spec, then delivered on time at competitive rates.
HACCP & Safe Food
We meet strict food safety standards, and every batch can be audited.
Word of mouth
Don’t take our word for it.
★★★★★
“Tastes exactly like home. The droëwors is the closest thing to what my oupa used to make.”
Sample review · Brisbane★★★★★
“The peri-peri sticks are dangerously good. One bag never makes it past the weekend.”
Sample review · Gold Coast★★★★★
“Ordered boerewors for a braai and it arrived cold and fresh the next day. Will be back.”
Sample review · SydneySmall-batch cured
Air-dried slowly, the traditional way. We don’t take shortcuts.
HACCP & Safe Food
Accreditation #122021001. Every batch is tracked.
Ships Australia-wide
Dry products go to every state. Fresh boerewors goes to metro QLD & NSW.
Family owned
Three generations of De Beers, making meat the same way.